Returns a value that indicates whether the object has children.
Syntax
bChildNodes = object.hasChildNodes()
Return Value
Returns one of the following possible values:trueThe object contains HTML Elements or TextNode objects.falseThe object does not contain HTML Elements or TextNodes.
Returns one of the following possible values:
true
false
Remarks
If the object contains HTML Elements or TextNodes, they can be accessed from the childNodes collection.In Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, This method now applies to the attribute object.
If the object contains HTML Elements or TextNodes, they can be accessed from the childNodes collection.
In Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, This method now applies to the attribute object.
Standards Information
This method is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .
Applies To
A, ABBR, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, attribute, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BR, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, COMMENT, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, HEAD, hn, HR, HTML, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LINK, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, nextID, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP
See Also
About the W3C Document Object Model